Numbers 35:6
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
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And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Read in context →That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Read in context →18 occurrences in 17 verses.
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miqlâṭ · mik-lawt'
an asylum (as a receptacle)
Strong's KJV usage: refuge.
Strong's first: Numbers 35:6Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 6:67
Open full H4733 profile →machăçeh · makh-as-eh'
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
Strong's first: Psalms 14:6Strong's last: Isaiah 28:17
Open full H4268 profile →misgâb · mis-gawb'
properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge; Misgab, a place in Moab
Strong's KJV usage: defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab.
Strong's first: Psalms 9:9Strong's last: Psalms 48:3
Open full H4869 profile →mânôwç · maw-noce'
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
Strong's KJV usage: × apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 16:19
Open full H4498 profile →katapheúgō · kat-af-yoo'-go
to flee down (away)
Strong's KJV usage: :--flee.
Strong's first: Hebrews 6:18Strong's last: Hebrews 6:18
Open full G2703 profile →châçâh · khaw-saw'
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
Strong's KJV usage: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Strong's first: Psalms 57:1Strong's last: Psalms 57:1
Open full H2620 profile →mᵉʻôwnâh · meh-o-naw'
Strong's KJV usage: den, habitation, (dwelling) place, refuge.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 33:27Strong's last: Deuteronomy 33:27
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And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
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REF'UGE, noun [Latin refugium, refugio; re and fugio, to flee.]
1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
- Rocks, dens and caves, but I in none of these find place or refuge
We have made lies our refuge Isaiah 28:15.
- We might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us. Hebrews 6:18.
2. That which shelters or protects from danger, distress or calamity; a strong hold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; any place inaccessible to an enemy.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats. Psalms 104:18.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. Psalms 9:9.
3. An expedient to secure protection or defense.
This last old man - their latest refuge was to send to him.
4. Expedient, in general.
Light must be supplied, among graceful refuges, by terracing any story in danger of darkness.
Cities of refuge among the Israelites, certain cities appointed to secure the safety of such persons as might commit homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Joshua 20:2.
REF'UGE, verb transitive To shelter; to protect.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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